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Utah Baseball Begins Pac-12 Slate at Washington State
3/7/2024 7:21 PM | Baseball
Utes looking for their third straight series win against WSU
| 2024 Utah Baseball Game Notes | |
| Games 13-15 Date // Time (MT) |
Utah (9-3 overall, 0-0 Pac-12) at Washington State (7-4 overall, 0-0 Pac-12) Friday, March 8 // 5:05 p.m. Saturday, March 9 // 3:05 p.m. Sunday, March 10 // 1:05 p.m. |
| Location | Pullman, Wash. (Bailey-Brayton Field) |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast Friday // Saturday // Sunday |
| Watch | WSU Live Stream |
| Game Notes | Utah // Washington State // Pac-12 Weekly Release |
| @UtahBaseball Social Media | Twitter/X // Instagram // Facebook // #GoUtes // #UteNotes |
The First Pitch: Things to Know
Pac-12 Conference play has arrived for the Utah Baseball team, and the first series of the league slate will send the Utes to Pullman, Washington, for a three-game set at Washington State's Bailey-Brayton Field.
- Sunday's series finale has been moved up to a 1:05 p.m. MT first pitch. Previously the game was scheduled for 2:05 p.m. MT; the change was made to accommodate Utah's return travel itinerary on Sunday night.
- The Utes are looking to get back on the winning track after back-to-back losses in its series finale at Cal Poly and a Tuesday night tilt at Santa Clara. Utah erased a 3-0 deficit in its final matchup with the Mustangs, however the home club plated the deciding run in the ninth inning. Michael Davinni doubled and scored in the Santa Clara game, but the Utes were held to four hits and committed two errors.
- Utah's pitching staff continues to rank among the nation's best as conference play gets underway. At 2.88, the team's ERA leads the Pac-12 and ranks top-10 nationally, while 7.41 hits allowed per nine innings checks in at second-best in the conference and 28th across college baseball.
- Outfielder Kai Roberts continues to pace the Utes at the plate, appearing in all 12 games with a .306 batting average, a team-best six doubles and five stolen bases. Newcomers Michael Davinni, Drake Digiorno and Core Jackson also have been among the leading contributors; Davinni's 11 RBI lead the club, while Digiorno has two homers and Jackson owns a team-best 14 runs scored.
- Second baseman Bruer Webster is one of seven players (meeting NCAA minimums) to have not yet struck out and is the only such player in the Pac-12. Webster has had 29 at bats to date. Cameron Gurney had a similar run in 2023, going 49 at bats before his first strikeout.
- This weekend's series is Utah's first trip to Pullman since the 2022 season; in early April that year the team scored 10 runs in each of the series' first two games on the way to wins. Utah carried a 4-2 lead into the ninth looking for the sweep, but the Cougars rallied back with a three-spot to walk off in the series finale.
- Then last year in Salt Lake City, the Utes came away with the series sweep at Smith's Ballpark. It included a comeback victory in the middle game as Utah trailed 10-5 midway through the sixth inning before scoring seven unanswered runs.
- Micah Ashman pitched out of the bullpen in all three games against WSU last year, earning two saves and scattering just three hits (no walks) in 3.1 innings. Karson Bodily went 5-for-11 in the series with three doubles while Bruer Webster drove in a team-leading six runs that weekend.
Single-game tickets are now on sale for the entirety of Utah's 2024 home schedule at Smith's Ballpark. Twenty-five games are on the schedule in Salt Lake City, with Opening Day set for next Tuesday, March 12, when BYU makes the trip up I-15. The rivalry game has first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. MT.
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